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Incident 1146: Grok Chatbot Reportedly Posts Antisemitic Statements Praising Hitler on X

Description: xAI's Grok chatbot reportedly generated multiple antisemitic posts praising Adolf Hitler and endorsing Holocaust-like violence in response to posts about the Texas floods. X deleted some posts; xAI later announced new content filters.

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Alleged: xAI developed an AI system deployed by xAI and Grok, which harmed X (Twitter) users , Jewish community and General public.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Grok and X (Twitter)

Incident Stats

Incident ID
1146
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-07-08
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Shares Antisemitic Posts on X
Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Shares Antisemitic Posts on X

Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Shares Antisemitic Posts on X

nytimes.com

Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Shares Antisemitic Posts on X
nytimes.com · 2025

Grok, a chatbot created by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, shared several outlandish antisemitic comments on X on Tuesday, prompting an outcry from some social media users.

In its dedicated account on X, which Mr. Musk own…

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A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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